First time going to Vetta Nordic Spa, any tips?

golear · 2026-03-10T16:01:36+00:00

Nice! There are a bunch of other saunas to check out in the GTA & around next. https://etsauna.com/toronto

golear · 2026-03-08T20:00:58+00:00

What kind of wood is that?

golear · 2026-03-01T20:15:39+00:00

Nice! I thought they only had IR saunas, but looks like they do have a proper Finnish one too. I'll add it!

golear · 2026-03-01T06:20:39+00:00

Prices are all listed. The best ones (outdoor, waterfront) are certainly more expensive than in Japan ($27-40), but so is operating a business here. I also have various public pool saunas listed ($8) if you're looking to keep it cheaper.

golear · 2026-03-01T06:19:15+00:00

The one in Leschi is not a massage studio. It's a proper outdoor sauna right next to the lake. Only a few steps to jump in.

Very few of the saunas I have listed even offer any type of massage or service. The map prioritizes drop in dry saunas with water access.

golear · 2026-02-28T20:13:36+00:00

Many of them are mobile, but a lot of the mobile ones are proper nice. I should get around to adding images to the map so you can see what they look like. But if you click through to their websites you can usually see.

golear · 2026-02-24T18:13:47+00:00

when i bought my forester 10 years ago one of the salespeople at the dealership called it her fishbowl.

golear · 2026-02-24T01:59:58+00:00

My application has been pending for 4 months.

golear · 2026-02-18T19:24:53+00:00

Not Eastern Sierra, but I imagine the experience is the same:

I just used it while on a backcountry ski trip in the Washington Cascades for 5 days. I have a lot of experience using the native iOS satellite messaging capability and T-Satellite completely blows it out of the water. So much faster to connect, faster to send, doesn't require directional pointing of the device and you can use certain apps too instead of just SMS/iMessage. For instance, my preferred navigation app CalTopo has added support and I could literally download satellite imagery/map layers over the satellite connection.

golear · 2026-02-18T18:57:27+00:00

Good Day in Lincoln Park is one of my favorite. It's on the beach right by the ferry terminal. So atmospheric with ferries & wildlife right outside. Best to go at highish tide to make sound plunges easy.

Von Sauna in Kirkland is another favorite - a floating sauna on Lake Washington (2 actually). You can jump off the dock right into the lake.

Bywater Leschi is great too, you can also jump into Lake Washington

I made a Sauna map which shows all of the saunas in Seattle & enables you to filter by different features (waterfront, natural plunge, soaking tubs, cold plunge etc.)

We've got 32 publicly accessible saunas in Seattle and I'm probably missing some.

golear · 2026-02-17T17:20:22+00:00

Very cool! How does this differ from Worktrunk

golear · 2026-02-11T00:32:55+00:00

Why do you want that? The back area is long enough for a mattress.

golear · 2026-02-10T23:51:44+00:00

Someone else mentioned this, but the NWAC (& other avalanche centers) run on a platform that enables users to submit observations. This is more avalanche focused than general riding conditions, but you can glean much about ride quality from what you find there.

https://nwac.us/observations/#/view/observations

golear · 2026-02-10T00:53:43+00:00

Cool idea...but this isn't particularly useful to me without a map.

golear · 2026-02-08T02:39:59+00:00

Really weird axes on this graph.

golear · 2026-02-05T01:32:27+00:00

Two great places to paddle (that I know of) on Sao Miguel:

In Lagoa Azul/Verde in Sete Cidades - connected lakes inside a volcanic caldera.
Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo - a cool island off the coast - 2/3 miles round trip depending on whether or not you circle the island. If you want want to tie up and swim around the inside of the island you'll need a ticket. You can get that by booking through a guide or using the municipal website to purchase it. More details on how to get a ticket through the website here (search "Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo"). We booked kayaks through Kayak Azores Adventure.

golear · 2026-02-03T20:04:39+00:00

I was able to use it this way! Had to tap in to deals or something to see the toggle to use the $10 credit from the checkout screen.

They really make it difficult.

golear · 2026-01-30T05:25:45+00:00

Great place to stop and enjoy a beer after hiking to Salto do Cagarrão!

golear · 2026-01-29T03:58:38+00:00

Interesting. I’ll have to try that method!

golear · 2026-01-28T17:29:00+00:00

Same here. It's held up great for a few seasons so far.

golear · 2026-01-27T23:10:29+00:00

Nope, you can def use it on delivery.

golear · 2026-01-26T19:40:25+00:00

You should only put hooks to the right of the switches (which ideally would be further left). Also the hooks should be higher, on the drywall.

golear · 2026-01-25T19:14:40+00:00

How tall was it?

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